Re: [Cal_Boats] Beam replacement ( Rog )

Hello Alan, I believe you are our resident expert on stainless steel! How do you go about pickling and pacifying 316 stainless. I had new chainplates made for my CSY44WO and am polishing them by hand, what else do I need to do before I install them? I have a Cal2-30 # 143 which has the galvanized steel beam but since she has always been in fresh water the beam looks perfect. I looked at a Cal 34 some years ago on Long Island Sound and the first thing I did was reach under the FRP floor and grabbed the beam and I came out with a hand full of heavy rust flakes so I passed on that boat. It appears that there is a large market for your SS beams if all the saltwater Cals are in the same shape. My CSY, with a keel stepped mast, had a wooden mast step anchored to the hull and keel with wooden beams and FRP tabbing. The previous owners must have allowed the bilge water to rise above these beams and the tabbing trapped the water. All the wood was totally rotten and I am in the process of replacing it with locust and epoxy and fibreglass. I gues all old boats have their individual problems. John > [Original Message] > From: Alan Storey <fo… [at] shaw.ca> > To: <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> > Date: 6/17/2006 8:49:21 PM > Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Beam replacement ( Rog ) > > Hi, > That guy would have been me, and yes, I did make 4 of them for the Cal > 29 and 4 for the Cal 3-30.... Unfortunately you did not make it on to > MY list or I would have made one for you too.... Sorry about that. > Roger gave me a name of a fellow in Hawaii who got the last one..... > I have been getting a few requests for of both 29 and 3-30 beams so if > you or anyone else may be interested I will most certainly do another > run.... I'm not particularly interested in making them one at a time so > I will do it when the requests are at least at least 3 or 4. At this > number it makes it a bit more economical to buy a big sheet of 316L > stainless and all the handling, shearing, forming, welding, pickling > and pacifying and labour costs come down significantly.... so I can > price the 29 beam at around $450 instead of $750. The 3-30 beam is > heavier and a bit more complex, so it is a bit more. I'd be happy to do > a few 40s too if anyone has a drawing.... > I have lots of pictures of old beams / new beams and the whole > replacement process to go along with it. I'll try and post some. > > So.. I guess I'm taking orders if any one is in need. > I can't do it for a couple of months though..... too busy making art > right now. > > Alan Storey > 3-30 Chimera > Vancouver BC > > On 13-Jun-06, at 9:23 PM, Randy Alcorn wrote: > > > Rog, > > What happened to list we put our names on last summer to order beams? > > Did the guy manufacture them? > > �� > > Randy > > CAL 29-2 #512 > > Out Patient > > Channel Islands Harbor CA > > ��� Boating > > . > > <serv.gif> > > > >